Wild Child (2008)

Wonderful character development!

From my favorite movies..

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Oh look, another one of those movies that takes a potentially fascinating story (A preppy American teenage girl ends up at a stuffy English boarding school) and excretes all over it! Before setting in on fire, stamping on the remains and throwing it off a cliff. I'll leave you with that charming mental image, and move on.So, aside from the cardboard cutout characters, the unfunny jokes, the numerous pointless montages, a hugely obtrusive soundtrack and probably the most anodyne romance on record, what can I say about this movie?How about the fact that our sassy main heroine is far more preferable as a smart mouthed 'brat', than the dull conformist nicey-nice 'lady' she turned into later? She even enjoys lacrosse. Now, that's some serious brainwashing right there.How about the fact than at one point she has a makeover, and I'll fight anyone who says she looks better after than she did before? (If anything, I'd say one of her friends could do with an image transformation much more urgently than our lead: the one with the birds nest in bunches on her bonce).How about the fact that no-one in this film, with the possible exception of the straight-laced headmistress, talks or acts like anyone you've ever met? In fact, between the hilariously bad attempt at capturing English authenticity, and the grotesquely annoying mugging by the cast for (failed) comedy effect, it feels like far more of an endurance test than media where we should care about anything that happens.But wait! Don't go yet! We still have to see the big climax... which of course featured the humiliation of the school 'mean girl' and is set in a courtroom (just like everything else these days), followed by a 'sexy' haka during the final lacrosse game... plus the culmination of the whole 'will this poncy English twerp who I've fallen in love with after about three lines go out with me'.I was so excited I almost coughed up my own spleen.Some years ago now, I started watching Wild Child, only to give up a few minutes in because I knew it wasn't the film for me.Today, I literally got frogmarched into seeing it again, this time all the way through "Oh, give it a chance, you'll like it! I swear!"By the time the movie was over, my co-watcher wasn't the only one swearing.Time to listen to my instincts more, methinks. 2/10

Poppy Moore (Emma Roberts) is bratty petulant teen causing problems with her father's new girlfriend. She's been bitter ever since her mother's death. Her father has had enough and ships her off to an English private boarding school for girls run by Mrs. Kingsley (Natasha Richardson). She immediately makes an enemy of the head girl Harriet (Georgia King). She doesn't get along with her roommates (Juno Temple, Linzey Cocker, Sophie Wu, Kimberley Nixon) at first either. Eventually they decide to work together to help Poppy get kicked out of school and back home.I'm sure the girls had fun making the movie. That doesn't automatically make the movie fun. Emma Roberts is cute. Even as a bratty blonde, she has an easy charm about her. This movie relies heavily on her to drive this movie. Other than Emma, there isn't much to recommend about this movie. There are some minor jokes like referring to Hogwarts just as Shirley Henderson walks in. But there are very few funny moments.

Wild child is a very wonderful teen movie with a awesome story line...This film is full of cheesy goodness. If you are looking for a young chick flick with a dash of romance, this one is a great choice.There were a lot unexpected twists in this movie that made it more than your regular romcomThe movie has a superb cast ,Emma roberts has done a great job I really had a great time watching it.Its a balance of Fun,Romance,Drama & Emotions .... Starting form a rich spoil brat the story then focus on the girls bonding & how they stand by each other along with there pranks & plots,Later how they have to face the consequences for there doings,realization and a lovely ending..

Let me tell you something about the movie. I do not agree with this movie because Emma Roberts is American and not British. Emma Roberts should not be in a British boarding school, she should be in an American boarding school. Emma Roberts should be better off in American boarding schools in Washington, District of Columbia or New York City in Manhattan. This movie does not interest me for any reason because I strongly disagree. Some people find this movie interesting, but I never find this interesting to me. Since I saw this movie once, I might as well not bother watching this movie anymore. I think I might as well stick to Lost and Delirious with Mischa Barton, Jessica Pare and Piper Perabo.